Julian Benbow
General Assignment Reporter at The Boston Globe
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow
At the start of the season, no one needed a shoulder to lean on more than rookie Saniya Rivers. The six-week span from Rivers’s Sweet 16 run with N.C. State to her WNBA debut last week felt like a blur. In between, she experienced the euphoria of being drafted eighth overall and the grief of losing her 47-year-old mother, Demetria, shortly after. At 22, Saniya had to process not only starting her career, but doing it without her mother.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Connecticut Sun moved into a new era in the offseason. Part of the plan required gutting its starting five from a year ago. One of the pieces still on the roster from the team that came within a game of the WNBA Finals was Marina Mabrey — and looking at all the changes the Sun made, even she asked for a trade. Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti made it clear that they had no plans to move her — even as her agent pushed for it.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow
Certain nights create a different kind of juice in the ballpark. Alex Cora had the sense that Friday would be one of those nights. Former Red Sox ace Chris Sale was back at Fenway Park for the first time since being traded in 2023. The Sox, coming off losing four of six on the road, were sending their current ace, Garrett Crochet, to the mound to duel against Sale to bust the slump. Plus, the unveiling of the “Fenway Green” City Connect jerseys added a special flair.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora still roots for Chris Sale, but wasn’t Friday at Fenway - The Boston Globe
3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow
Alex Cora still remembers sitting down with Chris Sale and David Price before Game 4 of the 2018 World Series and laying out the plan for how they wanted to close out the series. If the Sox had lost Game 4, Sale would’ve been the Game 5 starter. The series would’ve been tied, the Sox would’ve been playing a swing game on the road, and Cora saw Sale as the best option to keep the Sox from being pushed to the brink. “We needed to,” Cora said.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Julian Benbow
The booming attendance, the shiny new expansion team with plans for more, the increased viewership, the eyes from social media engagement, the dollars from brand partnerships, and the promise of future stars beginning to emerge are all signs that the WNBA is in a stage of growth.
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